Sounding toy



J. REICH SOUNDING TOY July 16, 1940.

Filed May 19, 1939 INVENTOR. BY JOSEPH RE/c/-f i W ATTORNEY.

Patented July 16, 1940 I UNITED PATENT OFFICE I,

v `2,209,389 soUNDING 'roy Joseph Reich, Brooklyn, N. Y. v ApplicationMay 19, 1939, serial No. 274,494

4 Claims.

This invention relates to` sounding .toys and more particularly todetonating canes.

The objects of th-e invention are to provide an improved toy of the kindspecified'enabling the explosive-holding portion thereof to'be made ofsheet metal; to provide a construction wherein the parts are readilyshaped and assembled; to obtain rigidity of assembly and amplereinforcement; to avoid parts or construction susceptible to injury inuse; to enable the explosive holding assembly to be completely assembledbefore application thereof to the cane or the like; to provide forproper support and guidance of the movable member of hammer; to avoidlikelihood of the cap or percussion element falling from place and yetenable the same to be conveniently applied; to secure simplicity ofconstruction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and resultsas may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts throughout the several views;

Figure l is an elevation of a sounding toy embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view Von line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 3 3 of Figure 2. 30 In thespecific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, thereference numeral I0 indicates in general a cane having a knob II orother handle at its upper'4 end for aiding in manipulating the same. Atthe lower end of the cane is mounted the assembly I2 for receiving andexploding a cap I3 or other percussion element.

Said assembly is preferably a housing or holding structure fixed to thelower end of the cane and carrying a movable member or hammerirremovably and operatively therein. The housing comprises an outermember or shell I4 shaped from sheet metal, as by drawing, so as toprovide an upwardly extending sleeve or ferrule o I5 at the lower end ofwhich the metal flares laterally forming a transverse shoulder portionI6 from the outer periphery of which the metal 4then bends into alongitudinal direction again to form side walls or apron'portion I'I ofthe hous- D0 Within, and as the upper wall of the housing is provided adisc I8, also preferably of sheet metal of substantially a diameterenabling it to fit within the apron portion I'I and atwise 55 againstthe under side of shoulder I6. This disc I8 is held upwardly in placeagainst the shoul 'der by engagement at its underside and nextits edgeof the upper edge of an inner cylindrical wall I9 fitting `nicelyagainst the inside of `apron portion I1. This wall I9 is also preferablysheet 5 metal, and as shown, bends inwardly at the bottom part to form atransverse bottom wall 20 with a central neck 2| depending therefrom forreceiving and guiding the shank 22 of hammer 23. The lower edge ormargin of the outer wall 10 or apron I1 is spun or otherwise crimped orbent in to underlie the outer margin of bottom wall 20 of the innermember, thereby assembling the inner and outer members and the disc inrm relationship to each other. The double thickness 15 of thecircumferential wall thus obtained for the assembly gives the desiredstrength where most needed in resisting damage resultant from strikingthe cane on the ground.

'I'he apron portion I'I of the outer member is 20 cut away for a part ofits circumference to provide an opening 24 for insertion of the cap I3.Similarly, the inner member is cut awayfor a part of the periphery ofits wall I9 to cooperate `with the cut away portion of the outer wallfor 25 making the desired opening to the interior chamber of theassembly. It will be observed that the two cut away portions mentionedeach extend to the ends of the respective members in which the cuts aremade, but that the retained cylindrical 30 portion of the outer memberabove the cut forms the upper edge of the completed opening and theretained cylindrical portion of the inner member below the cut forms thelower edge of the completed opening. These mentioned re- 35 tainedcylindrical portions above and below the cut away portions accordinglyform ledges for retaining the cap from inadvertent dislodgement.Furthermore, the side edges of the opening in the outer memberpreferably curl in some- 40 what to prevent rotation of the inner memberwith respect to the outer member.

The movable member or hammer 23 preferably provides a ilat head 25 fromwhich centrally depends shank 22 heretofore mentioned. The head ispositioned within the chamber formed by the fixed assembly abovedescribed and the shank is of suflicient length to enable it to alwaysprotrude below the neck 2l even when the head is raised to engage topwall or disc I8, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2. y

It will be finally noted that the assembly may be completelymanufactured ready for use irrespective of the cane I0, to which it maybe applied at any subsequent time and without danger of loss of themovable member or separation of the assembly in the meantime. The caneis inserted in the upwardly open sleeve or ferrule and the ferrulesuitably pin-pricked, as at 26, or

otherwise caused to firmly engage the cane to l thereby providing abottom wall and a doubleV thickness of side wall with one thicknessthereofl serving as means for spacing the bottom wallr from the topwall.

2. A sounding toy according to claim 1 wherein both thicknessess of theside wall have cut away portions substantially juxtaposed for providinga cap-receiving opening, and one of said thicknesses forming th-e topedge of the capreceiving opening and the other thickness forming thelower edge of said cap-receiving opening.

3. A sounding toy comprising a detonating can having a housing, saidhousing comprising an outer shell member having an upper transverseshoulder therein and a sleeve projeoting upwardly from the shoulder, adisc in said shell member resting upwardly against said shoulder andclosing the bottom end of the sleeve, an inner member having its upperedge engaging against the margin of the underside of said V,disc andhaving its. lower part `turned inwardly to form a bottom wall parallelto said disc and spaced therefrom, said shell member having a side wallsubstantially co-extensive with and surrounding the side wall of theinner member and curled in at its lower edge to retain the inner memberseated upwardly against said disc, and a hammer within said housing,said hammer having a' shank protruding from the housing.

4. Alsounding toy according to claim 3 wherein the turned-in bottom wallof the inner member provides a centrally disposed downwardly extendingsleeve receiving and guiding the said shank of the hammer. v

JOSEPH REICH.

